Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Grow In The Dark


Gondola at Sugar Bowl Resort, 2008 (taken with phone)

Murcof - Rios (Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) - fernando corona is a laptop musician that has been making challenging electronic music for awhile now. his compositions are the isolated sweeping landscapes of the world. this track features eric truffaz on trumpet and talvin sinhj on tablas. remember to bring plenty of water with you.

Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani - Retrato Em Branco Y Preto (Jazz) - another great release on the ecm label. a piano and a trumpet. rava's tone on the horn is second to none and bollani's playing is a perfect compliment to the darker moods conveyed in this track.

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Monday, July 23, 2007

It Will Click In to Place


clarion alley series.2007


a number of my friends in the bay area are having babies as of late. this decision to breed and scatter effected my east coast friends about 5 years back. maybe the west coast is 5 years ahead, or too late. i guess it depends on how you look at it. well, two of these babies have the fortune? of listening to such bands as nirvana, radiohead and the cure in baby format, which i guess along with polka, classical and rock are formats of music. i wonder if these kids will grow up and when they hear these songs in their original form, or in some elevator they won't feel like crawling up in a ball and sucking on a nipple. maybe?

these songs are the ones that should be played in the crib. they frighten most adults, but i think kids would understand. they have nice soothing melodies and frantic slighly rounded rhythms. huh?


Bola - Urenforpuren (Ambient, Abstract Beats)

Mikkel Metal - Conceal (Ambient, Abstract Beats)

Pan Sonic - Lapevinmeri / Laptev Sea (Minimal Beats)

Murcof - Mir (Minimal Beats) - don't forget to check out murcof at the SFEMF in september, or maybe the lovefest is your thing. i hear it's being sponsored by Velveeta and Kraft this year. when will these people bring in some good beats to the city and not the tired old ones that we've heard for the past 7 years. well, i guess you can blame it on the promoters who throw the same boring parties to help their burning man float, and their "underground" music. lame. isn't an opel supposed to be the most worthless gem, and isn't it spelled opal?

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Sunday, October 09, 2005

PausePlayStop Mix (Abstract Downtempo) Oct2005

PausePlayStop, a nice early morning that comes from a late late evening..... mix of abstract beats. Some good headphone music.
Enjoy.

01. Four Tet - And Then Patterns
02. Apparat - Stienholz (Monolake Remix)
03. Björk - It's In Our Hands
04. Kiln - Ero
05. Bus - Tamed Lion
06. Jimmy Edgar - Re City Alley
07. Telefon Tel Aviv - Sound In A Dark Room
08. Mr. Projectile - Less Math, More Music
09. Deadbeat - Texas Tea
10. Sia - Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)
11. Michael Fakesch - We Got A Generator
12. Murcof - Ultimatum
13. Aphex Twin - Untitled (SAW2 CD1 TRACK1) (Four Tet Remix)
14. Björk - Batabid
15. Plastikman - Pakard

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